There is nothing less sexy than being a boring, picky eater who makes sure they get enough rest, but make no mistake: That is what will make you a warrior.
Aaron Bleyaert, “The 2 Pounds Rule” & The Magic Trick of Weight Loss (via Medium Daily Digest) – Check also the original post How To Lose Weight in 4 Easy Steps and the Follow-on mini-site, which includes links pages.
“Never miss an opportunity to shut up.”
Want to keep your grown kids in your life? Learn to be the impartial neighbor. – The Washington Post
“Never miss an opportunity to shut up.”
Washington Post: Want to keep your grown kids in your life? Learn to be the impartial neighbor
Evan Puschak (check his How Donald Trump Answers A Question, Eastern Promises: A Study of Bodies, Children of Men: Don’t Ignore The Background) dissects the vblogger CaseyNeistat.
I would have summarized this, but Jason Kottke says it far better than me. And after all, this is where I picked it up.
via Reddit
Why I think Tesla is building throwaway cars, by Russell « Syonyk » Graves.
Tesla is inventing everywhere. And letting owners tinker with their cars as you do with your VW Type 1 is a no go.
You get what you pay for. You can’t have both warranty and servicing (with the implied promise that your car will always be as good as advertized) and the ability to DIY for cheap. Because a Tesla (and more and more products which interact with a central system) is not a stand-alone device but a terminal.
Of course you can still tinker with your Tesla (there is possibly some legal technicalities here). However, you won’t have any warranty, and the parts that rely on the central system wont work. Which, incidentally, mean that the whole car wont work.
Even thought the purpose of government is the protection of property, and if you can’t fix it you don’t own it. If you don’t like it, don’t buy a Tesla. Or wait a hundred years.
Really (and we could use help at Open Whisper Systems). Says Moxie Marlinspike.
5. You no longer need to carry a translation app on your phone. If there’s someone to speak with, they’ll have one on theirs.
7. A white male travelling alone in interesting places, will always need to disprove they are a spy. Thanks Hollywood.
8. It is easier to deflect demands for a bribe when your paperwork is in order.
9. The art of successful borderland travel is to know when to pass through (and be seen by) army checkpoints and when to avoid them.
10. Borders are permeable.
11. There are parts of the world where empires go to be bloodied and die.
15. Everything is fine, until that exact moment when it’s obviously not. It is easy to massively over/under estimate risk based on current contextual conditions. Historical data provides some perspective, but it usually comes down to your ability to read undercurrents, which in turn comes down to having built a sufficiently trusted relationship with people within those currents.
20. When a fixed price culture meets a negotiation culture, fun ensues.
40. In order to size up the tribe/sub-tribe you’re part of, any group of young males will first look at the shoes on your feet.
50. The first time you confront a leader, never do it in front of their followers, they’ll have no way to back down.
56. To what extent does cultural continuity, and societal harmony comes from three generations under one roof?
